Middle Eastern•healthy
Yogurt Cucumber Salad
This salad is delicious on its own or as a side dish with lamb, chicken, fish (especially salmon), lentils, grilled vegetables or even a hamburger if you can get your mind off of french fries, which isn’t easy. The salad stays nice, and the cucumbers crunchy, for a good four days in the refrigerator.Try making your own yogurt, homemade laban, with my recipe here.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups plain yogurt, or laban
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons crushed dried mint, or Mint Salt
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped or torn in small pieces
- 4 pickling cucumbers, quartered and thinly sliced
Instructions
- 1
In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt with the garlic, salt, dried and fresh mint. Stir in the cucumbers. Taste to see if it needs more of anything; I usually want more mint. And it’s done!
- 2
Flavors in this develop over time, so it's best to make this a few hours ahead and chill.